SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 11 - The Labor government must abolish the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) and remove its coercive powers, the nation's powerful construction union says.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 11 - A Sydney man who left Australia days after being wounded in a gunfight has returned two years later to be charged with the murder of his alleged attacker.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 11 - Papua New Guinea has matched the Australian government with a $100,000 donation towards the $400,000 cost of a new memorial commemorating Australia's worst ever maritime dis

SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 11 - Defence Minister Stephen Smith has received the initial report of the investigation into more than 1000 allegations of sexual and other offences within the Australian Defenc

SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 11 - A woman's body has been found dumped in a street in Melbourne, one day after a similar grisly discovery on the other side of town.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 10 - Manly have announced Geoff Toovey will take over from Des Hasler as Sea Eagles coach from the start of the 2013 NRL season.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 10 - Qantas says it's too late to reinstate the dozens of flights it cancelled or delayed after engineers called off threatened strike action at the last minute.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 10 - Qantas says it's too late to reinstate the dozens of flights it cancelled or delayed after engineers called off threatened strike action at the last minute.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 10 - Coach Robbie Deans says Quade Cooper could start at fullback with Berrick Barnes at five-eighth if Kurtley Beale is ruled out of Sunday's Rugby World Cup semi-final against

SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 10 - Job advertisements have fallen for the third month in a row, in a sign that employment growth will slow in the coming months, a survey shows.